Well, let’s just say that I won’t be mass producing this card to send out for the holidays. Another card that requires patience…but I wanted to see the end result and couldn’t turn back once I started.
(Scroll down for masking pics)
I had to combine the moose from Moose You stamp set & lights from Simple Snowman stamp set to create my main image. DIFFICULT LEVEL OF 5.
For the lights, they were colored with Real Red & Old Olive Stampin’ Write Markers (some left white/clear). I got out the good ol’ Stampin’ Pastels to add a glow around the light bulbs. Finished them off with Crystal Effects. It looks so cool.
Card base size is 4-5/8″ x 8-3/4″ Real Red CS folded in half. Layers of paper on top are 4-1/8″ x 4-3/8″ Chocolate Chip CS & 4″ x 4-1/4″ Dashing DSP. Added a strip of Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon and tied in a bow.
Image piece is 2-1/4″ x 2-5/8″ Shimmery White CS; 2-3/8″ x 2-3/4″ Real Red CS; 2-1/2″ x 2-7/8″ Old Olive CS; 2-5/8″ x 3″ Chocolate Chip CS. Used Ticket Punch to bottom right corner of image piece. Added a Fire Rhinestone Brad to this area.
Sentiment piece is 1-3/8″ Circle Punch of Shimmery White CS; Scallop Punched a piece of Old Olive CS and paper-pierced holes. Real Red CS Circle created with Coluzzle Cutting System.
Here are the masking step pics:
Gosh, I don’t even know where to begin on trying to explain how I did this. I had to use my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Window Sheet a lot. Have to do a lot of pre-planning. I had to know exactly where the moose was located and which parts of the light strand would be omitted. All the lights in the pic are yellow because I had to patiently cut out image on post-it note and apply to the whole strand of lights…ughhh!!!
After stamping the moose image, I removed the little post-it note light cut-outs and colored.
TFL.
Have a great Monday.
This is super cute. And I was wondering after you last Christmas card with “Season of Joy”, what you would be doing for mass produced cards. I love the way you combined the two stamp sets, I really like that string of lights on the moose. Thanks for sharing! =)
Super cute card!!! Good for you for tackling the lights around the moose ears! I’m sure lots of thought went into that!
Fabulous!
Thud!
How COOL is THAT!!!
MOOSE YOU! Love it!
This is so adorable! I have that set, may I case this one? I would change it up, but the lights on the antlers are perfect! TFS-Deb
This is FANTASTIC — what a great idea — just a beautiful card, I love it
Wowza! Your patience really paid off. This card is so darn spectacular! Thanks for sharing it with us.
This is so cute and creative! I love this moose! TFS!
Oh my gosh, you deserve a “most patient person” award! WOW, can’t believe you cut out that strand for the mask! This card is fabulous… LOVE the lights. 🙂
I actually borrowed your idea (though I didn’t do all the masking you did!) My card is here:
http://stampspaperscissors.typepad.com/stamps_paper_scissors/
Second card down…thanks for the inspiration!